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- Summer College alumna serves on Connecticut State Board of Education
- High school students from around the world converged on Cornell in 2007
- Jordana Confino earns two awards for work with girls
- Adam Schuit receives Princeton Prize in Race Relations
- Uniondale FFA members win a place at Cornell Summer College
- Summer College Reunion
- "Inside Summer College"
- Seven high school students from China attend Summer College
Summer College alumna serves on Connecticut State Board of Education
While completing her senior year at Simsbury High School and the Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science, Summer College alumna Whitney Bartell has been serving on the Connecticut State Board of Education. Appointed to a one-year term by Governor M. Jodi Rell, Whitney is one of only two student members of the board. The energetic Whitney is also a math and science tutor as well as an ambassador and tour guide at the Greater Hartford Academy. She’s looking forward to returning to Cornell this fall as a member of the incoming freshman class.
High school students from around the world converged on Cornell in 2007
A record-breaking number of international students will attend this year's prestigious Cornell University Summer College Program for High School Students.
Of the 162 international students planning to spend six-weeks on campus this summer, 33 of them are participating in the China-Cornell College Preparatory Program, while another 10 hail from Qatar, home to the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. The remaining students come from countries from Brazil to Malaysia.
The groundbreaking China-Cornell College Preparatory Program, now in its second year, gives Chinese high school students the rare opportunity to take courses, earn credits, explore majors and experience life at an American university.
The 33 students taking part this summer (up from seven last year) come from six high schools: Jiao Tong Affiliated High School, WuXi Middle School, Beida Appendant Experimental School, Fudan Affiliated High School, Beijing Foreign Language School, and the secondary school attached to East China Normal University. The students will be taking a writing course in English as a Foreign Language and visiting a second course of their choice.
Summer College director Abby Eller is delighted with the growth of the China-Cornell program. "Last year's students raved about this revolutionary program, so we're delighted to be able to work with more students this year. Our aim is to promote understanding between people from different parts of the world and to expand educational opportunities, and this program is a great way to accomplish these goals."
The students from Qatar will focus on English immersion classes and science-related classes preparatory to applying to the Weill Cornell Medical College.
Now in its 45th year, the Cornell Summer College program invites talented high school sophomores, juniors and seniors to live and study on the Ithaca campus for up to six weeks each summer. Students experience college life, explore a wide variety of academic majors,make lifelong friends, and prepare for the future. The program enrolls 784 high school students from 38 states and 38 countries. Their classes began June 25.
For more information, contact Cornell University Summer College.
Jordana Confino earns two awards for work with girls
Summer College graduate Jordana Confino has been named a 2006 World of Children Honoree and a NOW 2007 Susan B. Anthony Honoree. Confino was honored as a co-founder (with Lisa Alter) of Girls Learn International, a non-profit organization that involves middle and high school students in the international effort for universal girls' education.
Confino was the youngest of eight honorees from around the world for the World of Children award. The World of Children, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is "to honor, illuminate and inspire action on behalf of children." The NOW Susan B. Anthony Award honors grassroots activists who have advanced the cause of women's rights or improved the lives of women.
Confino is spending this summer interning at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Photo: Confino (right), with a new member of the Girls Learn advisory board, Katie Couric.
See also Jordana's "Inside Summer College" page!
Cornell University Summer College grad Adam Schuit receives the 2007 Princeton Prize in Race Relations
At a ceremony on May 23, 2007 at Princeton University, Cornell University Summer College grad Adam Schuit was awarded the 2007 Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Schuit was honored for his outstanding efforts to promote harmony, respect, and understanding among people of different races and cultures in their schools and communities.
Schuit's work also earned him a joint citation from both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. He plans to donate his $500 award back to the various houses of worship who participated in the ecumenical event for which he received the prize.
In addition to receiving the Princeton Prize, Schuit is a member of the National Honor Society. During his junior year he was elected a captain of his high school swim team, pitched for the varsity baseball team, and represented his high school in a six-day American Legion Boys State competition. Currently, Schuit is working as a paid intern for the Trenton Thunder, the N.Y. Yankee's minor league baseball team. He plans to pursue a degree in Hotel Administration.
Uniondale FFA members win a place at Cornell Summer College
Uniondale FFA members Christopher Daniels and Victor Flores have won a place in Cornell University's prestigious Summer College College Programs for High School Students. Daniels and Flores will attend the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) "College to Career: Opportunities to Explore" program.
The two high school sophomores were selected for this honor in May 2007 when their research project, "The Exploration and Discovery of the Nature of Plant Elicitors and Their Effect on Garden Peas," ranked first of the thirty-two exhibits presented at the 84th Annual New York State FFA Convention in Albion, New York. Daniels and Flores will receive full funding to attend the three-week program courtesy of CALS.
Over the summer, they will work with CALS faculty researchers on a current project and participate in hands-on seminars focused on exploring the various academic opportunities within CALS while earning college credit.
The event was also sponsored by the CALS Alumni Association and each participant received a book award. For more information visit http://www.cals.cornell.edu.
Summer College Reunion
In August 2006, 126 Summer College alumni entered Cornell's Class of 2010. They enjoyed the chance for some true Cornell "face time" at a Summer College Reunion held at the end of Freshman Welcome Week this fall on Cornell's North Campus. Read more...
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Summer College features "Inside Summer College" column
Visit "Inside Summer College" and follow along as students write about their experiences at Cornell Summer College.
Seven high school students from China attend Summer College
For the first time in Cornell history, Chinese high school students are spending six weeks earning credit at the university's Summer College program. The U.S. government granted visas on June 23 to the students, who arrived in Ithaca on June 24.
Read more . . .